Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Thompson Hine LLP

10 pending office actions • 3 clients • 10 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

2
Hard (20%)
8
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (20%)
§103 only7 (70%)
§102 only1 (10%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
60% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
30% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL 1 36.2% +16.2%
PATEL, DIPEN M 1 20.5% +24.8%
CHU, CHRIS H 1 53.1% +9.6%
BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 1 23.1% +27.6%
BODNAR, JOHN A 1 83.0% +11.8%
NICELY, JOSEPH C 1 77.3% +20.1%
DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC 1 77.8% -5.0%
NGUYEN, CUONG B 1 87.9% +16.2%
GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 1 72.2% +21.0%
GIRI, PURSOTTAM 1 19.4% +10.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18137491 TRANSISTORS WITH FIELD-SHIELD CONTACTS AND BASE CONTACTS NGUYEN, CUONG B 3d overdue
18232868 RESISTIVE MEMORY ELEMENTS WITH A MULTIPLE-MATERIAL ELECTRODE BODNAR, JOHN A

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18283235 PREDICTIVE ALLOCATION OF NODES IN A QUEUE BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 2d overdue
18079116 COMPUTERIZED DISRUPTION HANDLING IN AN ENVIRONMENT GIRI, PURSOTTAM 2d overdue
18673833 OPTIMIZATION FOR DETERMINING AVAILABILITIES TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL 8d
18528886 DYNAMIC SELECTION OF ALGORITHMS PATEL, DIPEN M 71d

Interview Candidates (8)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18228713 FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS WITH A GATE DIELECTRIC LAYER FORMED ON A SURFACE TREATED BY ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING NICELY, JOSEPH C 15d overdue
18098999 FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS FORMED USING A WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 5d overdue
18137491 TRANSISTORS WITH FIELD-SHIELD CONTACTS AND BASE CONTACTS NGUYEN, CUONG B 3d overdue
18283235 PREDICTIVE ALLOCATION OF NODES IN A QUEUE BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 2d overdue
18079116 COMPUTERIZED DISRUPTION HANDLING IN AN ENVIRONMENT GIRI, PURSOTTAM 2d overdue
18673833 OPTIMIZATION FOR DETERMINING AVAILABILITIES TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL 8d
18528886 DYNAMIC SELECTION OF ALGORITHMS PATEL, DIPEN M 71d
18232868 RESISTIVE MEMORY ELEMENTS WITH A MULTIPLE-MATERIAL ELECTRODE BODNAR, JOHN A

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28182
36281
36211
28741
36241
28931
28131
28911
21861

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18673833 OPTIMIZATION FOR DETERMINING AVAILABILITIES Amadeus S.A.S. TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL 3628 §101 Final Rejection 8d Pending May 24, 2024
18528886 DYNAMIC SELECTION OF ALGORITHMS Amadeus S.A.S. PATEL, DIPEN M 3621 §101 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18501602 PHOTODETECTORS WITH A NOTCHED LIGHT-ABSORBING LAYER Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. CHU, CHRIS H 2874 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18283235 PREDICTIVE ALLOCATION OF NODES IN A QUEUE Amadeus S.A.S. BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18232868 RESISTIVE MEMORY ELEMENTS WITH A MULTIPLE-MATERIAL ELECTRODE Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd. BODNAR, JOHN A 2893 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 11, 2023
18228713 FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS WITH A GATE DIELECTRIC LAYER FORMED ON A SURFACE TREATED BY ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. NICELY, JOSEPH C 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18200683 PHOTODETECTORS WITH ONE OR MORE CONFINING FEATURES Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC 2818 §103 Final Rejection 36d Pending May 23, 2023
18137491 TRANSISTORS WITH FIELD-SHIELD CONTACTS AND BASE CONTACTS Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. NGUYEN, CUONG B 2818 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18098999 FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS FORMED USING A WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18079116 COMPUTERIZED DISRUPTION HANDLING IN AN ENVIRONMENT Amadeus S.A.S. GIRI, PURSOTTAM 2186 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2022

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